Sport

Maryland's professional sports teams are: the Baltimore Ravens for football, and the Baltimore Orioles for baseball. The Washington Redskins are officially the Washington, DC team, not a MD team, but their home stadium is located in Landover, MD.

Besides the presence of its professional teams, MD is also known for its love lacrosse. Lacrosse is a very popular sport in MD schools, particularly in private preparatory schools and in colleges and universities. In my "Official" post, you see that the official state sport of MD is jousting. This matches nicely with the lovely state flag, which has a very medieval, family crest, coat of arms look, because that's basically what it is.


Baltimore Ravens logo, featuring a play on the MD state flag.

For me, a person that isn't a huge sports fanatic, sports is more about the window dressing of the team colors and mascots. Luckily, I really like the team colors for both the Baltimore Ravens (purple) and Baltimore Orioles (orange). I happen to loathe the color red, so there's no way I will be cheering for the Redskins anytime soon. Also, I don't like the name "Redskins" and I hope they do end up changing it.

"Redskin" is a negative racial term used in reference to Native Americans. Several Native American groups have taken the matter of the Washington Redskins trademark to court over the past few decades, most recently in the case of Blackhorse et al v. Pro Football, Inc. In discussions about the Washington Redskins eventually moving to a stadium in DC, the DC Mayor, Vincent Gray, believes that the team name should change. I couldn't agree more.